Clarisse Mukashumbusho
, just 10 years old during the 100-day Rwandan genocide in 1994, escaped death by hiding under a pile of bodies — including her family's. Thirty years later, she recounts what it was like gowing up without her parents and most of her siblings. was a child living in Rwanda with her family during a turbulent period that saw 800,000 Rwandans killed in the 100-day genocide of the Tutsis. She's now a Grade 3 teacher living in London, Ont., with her husband and their two children.
Mukashumbusho is sharing her story to raise awareness about how genocide can continue to have an impact decades after it's over. Mukashumbusho recalled how her parents did their best to shield their children from the escalating violence. But it wasn't until her school started separating Tutsi and Hutu children that she knew something was wrong.
"Unfortunately, it wasn't a safe place," she said. "They attacked us every day, they cut the water supply and people couldn't go outside to find food. They never entered the hospital, but threw grenades inside and people kept dying." shares how the last 30 years have been after she survived the Rwandan genocide in which her parents, and most of her siblings were killed because they were part of the Tutsi minority in the east African country.
Mukashumbusho, with husband Luke Cechetto and their two boys, says his family has embraced her as their own child.
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